Sharon Zardetto‘s latest release is Take Control of Safari 5, and she joins us to talk about the new features, big and small in this version of Apple’s web browser. Leading the pack in the “big” category is Reader, a function that makes web page content more legible and accessible by changing it to a standard size, type and style while stripping out a web site’s ads, navigation and more. While good for web surfers, publishers and advertisers haven’t exactly welcomed the feature. Sharon discusses this struggle, along with the other big new Safari feature, Extensions, by talking about their functionality, the two ways to get them, and some of her favorites.
MacVoices #10126: Jeff Carlson Helps You QuickStart with Photoshop Elements 9
Jeff Carlson is the author of two new books, Photoshop Elements 9 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide and Photoshop Elements 9 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide , both focusing on the new version of Adobe Photoshop Elements 9. Jeff explains why he and Peachpit decided separate books were best even though there is parity between the two platform versions of Adobe’s approachable photo editing software. New to this version of Elements is the Organizer; Jeff explains what it is, what you can do with it, and how it differs from Bridge. Jeff also talks about why Elements and iPhoto shouldn’t be compared, and what each does best, explains the new content-aware healing technology that is the shining star of Elements 9, and more.
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MacVoices #10125: Jeff Carlson Looks At The Known and Unknown Features of iMovie ’11
Jeff Carlson has been spending lots of time with the new iMovie ’11, and has discovered a number of useful, cool and largely undocumented features. Jeff discusses the under-publicized return of the timeline (even if it isn’t called a timeline), the usefulness of Movie Trailer and other effects, and then dives into things you didn’t know, including rolling shutter fix, morse code in a theme, and several other minor but tasteful additions. iMovie ’11 still isn’t good with interlaced video; Jeff explains what that means to you and how to work around it, and why iMovie ’11 is finally almost like the long-dead iMovie HD.
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MacNotables #1036: Ted Landau Loves His MacBook Air and is Cautious About a Mac App Store
Ted Landau is the proud owner of a new MacBook Air, and provides some insight into the benefits and limitations of the SSD drive, the unibody construction and how it compares to the PC netbook market. While not for everyone, Ted explains how it compares and compliments Mac desktops, other Mac laptops and even the iPad. Then, Ted examines the Mac App Store announcement and what he thinks its impact will be on developers and users alike, why he thinks sooner is better to establish an app store presence, and why he isn’t necessarily happy about it all.
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MacVoices #10124: Maria Langer On The Changes in Microsoft Word 2011 and How To Learn Them
Maria Langer, the author of the brand new Word for Mac 2011 Essential Training for lynda.com talks about the new version of the venerable word processing program, and whether you really need it. Part of the new Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, Word 2011 has greatly reduced the number of available toolbars, eliminated the formatting palette, and added the much-talked about ribbon. Maria explains why those changes require some learning, but are for the best. The different kinds of tables in Word and which to use for what, the return of macros and why you need to understand privacy and security in Word documents are all part of the discussion.